LG L40, L70, and L90 announced as part of the L series III

LG has unveiled the third iteration of its L series smartphones – always the ones meant to take decent design traits and reasonable specs to low price points. Previously called Optimus L and Optimus L II, the series now drops the Optimus brand, following in the footsteps of the flagship G2 and the G2 Pro phablet. Hence, it looks like Optimus will soon be a thing of the past for Korea’s second largest smartphone maker.

There are three handsets in the L III series, the L40, L70, and L90. The LG L40 comes with a 3.5-inch 480×320 touchscreen, a 3 MP rear camera, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal storage, 14.4 Mbps HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and either a 1,540 mAh or a 1,700 mAh battery (depending on market). Its dimensions are 109.4x59x11.9 mm.

All of these smartphones will ship running Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box. Right now no pricing information has been announced, and it’s unclear when these will become available. However, more details could be on the way next week, as MWC starts. So stay tuned.